2011 in Photos

[TDR62]

Hello to all; what with the parks in the UK all closing in the next week it would appear that the year for coasters is over; and, as a new member I thought Id contribute by putting up an amalgamation of the years trips in photographic form.

 

First on the agenda is Chessington:

 

Quickly this park seems to be becoming Merlins reject with rides not being added with any haste and those that are there becoming quite old. That said, it cost me nothing to go and its still a fun 6 hours, maybe a couple more if you catch all the animal shows.

 

As far as coasters go there are a lack of inversions but we have:

 

Rattlesnake - a ride that surely emphasises Rattle, a wild mouse coaster, this isnt a comfortable ride.

 

Vampire - its been here a while now but remains a fun ride.

 

Dragons Fury

 

It has some fun curves

 

And remains one of the better spinners I've ridden

 

Whilst the newest of the lot is a well themed disk-o.

 

Certainly, as far as themeing gos, Chessington is one of the UKs best... not that it requires much though, to be fair.

 

The dark rides take the form of a laser shooter which seem to be cropping up everywhere at the moment

 

With Egyptian styling, a solid ride but nothing special.

 

...and the Bubbleworks

 

Cramped boats, weird themeing but ultimatly a fun ride.

 

Oh yes...

 

did I mention...

 

they have animals too,

 

wet rides,

 

which look quite nice,

 

and which look deceptivly dry (trust me, this one isnt a cold weather ride).

 

and a couple of flats themed to water

 

A ship you will get me on

 

and a ship that you won't with any great ease.

 

Right; well we have park number one.

 

Ill be back with the second park of the year soon; can anybody guess where we will be going? (Hint: to narrow it down, we stay in Europe)

[Anything]

Great pictures. I still need to get to Chessington.

 

The closed season is a good thing, the break will make us appreciate things and make them fresher in spring next year.

[TDR62]

If you live in the UK get yourself over there. Over the course of a weekend Thorpe, Chessington and Legoland are within 30min drive of each other so you can have a good couple of days.

 

Regarding the progress of the next park; Im looking for a program to resize my photos because they are a little on the small size I feel.

[Hhappy]

If you have microsoft Office installed on your pc.. there is a tool called picture manager. This can be used to resize (multiple) pictures to 800x600px

[TDR62]

Hello again. So after my HDD crashing and a lengthy process of getting things back to normal, with a bit of necromancy and in an effort to join the Christmas spirit I bring a gift of pictures. Over the course of the week Ill bring you a complete update from the next park.

 

But to get things rolling.

 

And I mean literally, see... the station!

 

Your sterotypical English station building.... [wishful thinking]

 

And some significant circles which act as a warning to avoid London next year.

 

And the final picture from the home soil; lets see who can be the first to correctly identify the target park.

 

And to follow, more pictures as the update begins in earnest.